How to Wear DIY: A holiday dress

12.30.2011

I know Christmas has come and gone, but I wanted to share with you the outfit I wore to work on the 23rd. So here's a How to Wear DIY post for ya, and hey, let's play with photo settings while we're at it, shall we?

To be festive, right around Christmas I'm happy I got to wear this plaid dress I made last winter. It really feels most appropriate at the holidays. Red and black plaid, so it could go any time of winter, but it was a lot of fun with gold jewelry and nails on Christmas Eve Eve!

I could have worn it with cute heels, of course, but I wanted to keep it relaxed. I wore my cozy black riding boots. Think preppy, classic...

You can almost feel the chilly Oregon day, can't you? It's pretty grey here this time of year.

Love it!! I need to finish sewing a dress I started a few months ago ( :/ ) because it would look cute with long sleeves under it too! If I don't hurry I won't have time to wear it with long sleeves!! The South warms up pretty quick haha!

Learning how to sew a dress is very easy. The only tricky part in learning this skill is learning how to draft a pattern as well as measuring your body. But once you learn these, everything else is easy.